Blog Stats
- 12,979 hits
-
Recent Posts
- Jeremiah & Porter Ridout: yellow silk shoes and blue murder!
- The Nethercombe Ridouts in Sherborne: have I found my line?
- Ridouts, Rideouts and a tangled web of yDNA
- The Ridout Collection: Society of Genealogists, London
- George Biggs Orchard and ‘the blonde in the black dress’
- The sad tale of Benjamin Guinness Orchard
- The Orchards of Widcombe: ancestors of Jacob, William, Charles, Thomas, Isaac and Abraham
- From Orchards to Archards: coachmakers, pawnbrokers, local councillors and… Australians!
- Abraham ORCHARD, Thomas & Mary MILLS, Mrs Hannah MORE and Zachary MACAULEY all in one blog!
- Isaac and Abraham ORCHARD: Friends of John Wesley!
- Isaac and Abraham Orchard of Bath: gentlemen non-conformists
- More rambling about the Orchards: Walter and William Henry of Abbey Green
- The Orchard family of Bath: Perriwigs, Powders and Pomatums
- The child that was born on the Sabbath Day: William Ridout (1822-1892)
- An assortment of children belonging to John Ridout
- A new generation: John Ridout’s oldest son, John
- My x3 great uncles: Charles and Samuel Ridout
- A genealogical miscellany discovered during a short trip to Sherborne
- Exploding the myth – Sherborne Rid(e)outs and the Huguenots!
- ‘John Ridout IV’ – a man of mystery
- From John Ridout of Sherborne to John Ridout of Bath: a hypothesis
- George Ridout, baker of West Mill, Sherborne
- Hyle Farm, Limekiln Farm and Ridout’s Mill, Sherborne
- Linking William of Hyle and Christopher Ridout
- Christopher Ridout of Sherborne, miller & yeoman (1669-1743)
- The Ridout Act: Christopher Ridout of Henstridge (1664-1694)
- William Ridowte of Hyle, Sherborne 1620
- John Ridout & Sons?
- John Ridout and the Countess
- William Henry Somerton and the Bristol Mercury
My UK nature blog:
Tag Archives: Manorial records
Hyle Farm, Limekiln Farm and Ridout’s Mill, Sherborne
The earliest point that Christopher Ridout is known to have had some interest in the Primsley tithing of Sherborne was in 1709, when he was forty years old. Christopher was an assignee of Thomas Hobbs, a gentleman, who held the lease … Continue reading
Linking William of Hyle and Christopher Ridout
Christopher Ridout, miller and yeoman of Sherborne, son of John and Elizabeth Ridout (neé Oliver), was undoubtedly a descendant of William Ridout of Hyle but in decades of research by different individuals, it has been difficult to determine the exact … Continue reading




